In the lottery draw ceremony of this year's NBA draft convention, the San Antonio Spurs were just so lucky. The Spurs, who ranked fifth from the bottom in the regular season, used their first round draw to draw the fourth. Since the Toronto Raptors finally drew the No. 8 lottery, and according to the previous content involving the Jakob Poeltl transaction, the first round of the lottery in the hands of the Raptors is protected by the top six, which means that the Spurs will have two lottery tickets in this year's NBA draft conference, namely, the No. 4 lottery ticket in the first round and the No. 8 lottery ticket in the first round.
In terms of position, the Spurs need to add players in the first and third positions. Relatively speaking, the third position may not be so scarce. After all, they still have Keldon Johnson, the sixth person on the bench. At least, their demand for this position is not so high. In other words, if the Spurs finally choose to leave these two lottery tickets at the same time, they are likely to use the No. 4 ticket in the first position for reinforcement and the No. 8 ticket in the third position for reinforcement. So who is the target player signed by the Spurs on the 8th?
Judging from the current draft situation, the front-line players who meet the No. 8 signing situation are probably Matas Buzelis, who plays for the ignited team of the NBA Development League, Cody Williams, who plays for the University of Colorado, and Ron Holland, who also plays for the ignited team. These two players are in the top ten. Relatively speaking, Williams' physical talent and athletic ability are good, his technology is also comprehensive, and his projection ability is relatively online; The plasticity and comprehensiveness of Buzelis will be higher, but their joining can also provide great help to the piston; Holland has a super impact and explosive power. His talent and potential are quite good, but he may not be particularly ideal in terms of technology, shooting and game reading ability.
In this season's NBA Development League games, Buzelis played 34 times, with an average playing time of 31 minutes. The average score was 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.9 blocks, and 2.2 mistakes. The shooting percentage was 45.5%, the three-point percentage was 26.1%, and the free throw percentage was 69.6%. In this season's NCAA games, Cody played 24 times, with an average playing time of 28.1 minutes, The field average was 11.9 points, 3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.7 blocks, and two mistakes. The shooting percentage was 55.2%, the three-point shooting percentage was 41.5%, and the free throw percentage was 71.4%. In this season's NBA Development League games, Hollady played 29 times, with an average playing time of 31.9 minutes. The average score was 19.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.3 steals, 0.9 blocks, and 3.2 mistakes. The shooting percentage was 46%, the three-point percentage was 24%, and the free throw percentage was 72.8%.
Bouzelis, born in October 2004, is 19 years old. He is 208cm tall, 88kg heavy and 209cm wide. He is a versatile striker with very comprehensive ability. He has excellent ability to control the ball, pass the ball, organize and view the overall situation on the offensive side. His ability to sell and read the game is very good. If it develops smoothly, he may even become the starting point of the team's attack. Buzelis can also use his own technology, as well as changes in rhythm and speed to complete a breakthrough, and his finishing ability is also outstanding. Most importantly, as a big player, his skills are absolutely top level among players of the same height.
Williams was born in November 2004 and is 19 years old. He is 203cm tall, 82kg in weight and 213cm in arm span. In terms of characteristics, Williams is a forward player with excellent athletic ability and outstanding comprehensive ability. He has excellent breakthrough ability on the offensive end, and can also use his advantages in sports ability and impact to complete the basket attack. He can not only use relatively skilled dribbling skills to complete independent scoring, his ability to move without the ball is also worthy of recognition, and his ability to make violations is also relatively good. As a forward player, he also has certain passing ability, organizational ability and overall view, and he has the opportunity to play a more important role on the court. Williams' shooting ability is not bad, and his shooting percentage from middle and long distance is actually quite good.
Holland was born in July 2005. He is 18 years old. He is 203cm tall, 89kg heavy, and 216cm wide. He is a forward player with excellent physical talent and sports ability. He is full of vitality and fighting spirit on the court, and is a player with outstanding spiritual attributes. On the offensive side, Holland can use his impact and explosive power to score. His ability to finish the basket is also good, and he also has excellent ability to move without the ball. As a forward player, his ability to control the ball, pass the ball and view the overall situation are also good among players at the same position. He is also a player with very comprehensive skills. He can also provide some help in passing and responding.
Among these three players, Williams may be better trained relatively. As long as he grows up smoothly, he should be able to become a qualified 3D type striker; Buzelis may have a higher ceiling, but it is also a question of what kind of player he will become in the end, or whether his talent and potential can be realized; As for Holland, his physical talent is really outstanding among this rookie, but it is unknown whether he can adapt to the way the Spurs play and what role he can play in the Spurs, or how his arrival can help the Spurs. Perhaps for the Spurs, the most ideal choice is Williams, the most radical choice is Buchlis, and the most helpless choice is Holland.
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